【正文】 e much cheaper and many more countries could use it. This would be very useful in poor countries. The air in big cities would also bee much cleaner and healthier as a result. ◇ Society and culture The Inter will help to create more worldwide friendships. Families may spend more time together as people will be able to do 24hour online banking and shopping. ◇ Technology The new science of “nanotechnology” (very small robots or machines) will make all sorts of products smaller and lighter. Very, very small machines could take away rubbish, make things in factories, and help inside the human body by taking away fat. By 2021 people will be able to wear these small machines that look like watches, which will give them lots of information about their body and keep them healthy. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。 1. Can you (去取 ) my book from the living room? 2. How can I ever repay you for your (好意 )? 3. I asked her (原諒 ) for the mistake I made. 4. All of a sudden, I found my (小提包 ) lighter a lot. 5. Where do you (計劃 ) to go at Christmas? 6. We are (失望的 ) that you will not be able to e. 7. You should handwrite the (便條 ) to your guests. B. 短文填空。（每小題 1分，共 10分） ( ) 14. Don’t go to school ______ breakfast. It’s a bad habit. A. after B. with C. without ( ) 15. free education, more and more poor children can go back to school in the mountain. A. Without B. Thanks to C. Instead of ( ) 16. — To achieve a bright future, we should ______ study hard ______ keep in good health. — I agree with you. A. not, but B. not only, but also C. neither, nor ( ) 17. ______, Tom! It’s time to get up and go to sch ool. A. Wake up B. Make up C. Grow up ( ) 18. — I don’t know ______. — Because he has to look after his mother. A. why he is leaving B. why is he leaving C. whether he is leaving ( ) 19. I really like the photo of my family ______ my sister took in the city park last year. A. which B. who C. what ( ) 20. — Which is your new neighbor, Liu Hua? — The man Tshirt is red. A. that B. who C. whose ( ) 21. Yesterday Li Ming went to the village ______ his family lived ten years ago. A. when B. where C. which ( ) 22.— I don’t know ______ or not. — Neither do I. You may ask his teacher. A. whether he is at school B. if he is at school C. that he is at school ( ) 23. — Bad weather! Do you think the rain will stop soon? — ______. I want to play baseball outside. A. I hope so. B. I don’t mind it. C. No problem. Ⅲ .完形填空：（每小題 1分，共 10分） In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most 24 jobs. Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and 25 the same things as us. Japanese panies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch. But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be 26 for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it’s easy for a child to 27 and know where he or she is. Mr White thinks that robots won’t be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people 28 25 to 50 years. Robots scientists are not just trying to make robots look li